Jul 2, 2024
The beard on this bank note belonged to the founding father of modern Albanian literature Naim Frasheri (1846-1900). Frashëri explored themes such as freedom, humanity, unity, tolerance and revolution in his twenty two books, consisting of fifteen works written in Albanian, four in Turkish two in Greek and one in Persian. He is considered to have that rare distinction of being one of the most representative writers of Sufi poetry in Albanian. Under the influence of his uncle Dalip Frashëri, he tried to merge Sufism with Western philosophy. He led an extraordinarily profound impact on Albanian literature and society during the 20th century, most notably on Asdreni, Gjergj Fishta and Lasgush Poradeci, among many others.
